On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:55:44 -0800, gsteff wrote: > I'm a computer science student, and have recently been trying to > convince the professor who teaches the programming language design > course to consider mentioning scripting languages in the future. Along > those lines, I've been trying to think of features of Python, and > scripting languages in general, that can't be found in older languages, > and have been having a surprising amount of trouble. Dynamic typing > can be found in Smalltalk, the module concept can be found in Ada, > functional parameters and the dynamic creation of functions can be > found in Lisp. The indentation-based syntax seems to be unique, but > that's not really what I'm looking for. So I'm wondering, what is > innovative about Python, either in its design or implementation? Or is > its magic really just in combining many useful features of prior > languages in an unusually pleasant way? > > Greg
I can suggest to read the introduction of the (free)book : * Green Tea Press - How to Think Like a Computer Scientist- Learning With Python 2002 -- David Van Mosselbeen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list